"Whoosh!"
"Boom boom!"
Fighters broke through the air, mechas flew, and Valkyries loaded with flight parts shuttled among them. Countless flying units painted brilliant streaks in the night sky, chasing the snow-white mechas that were fleeing rapidly over the sea.
"Boom boom boom!"
Missiles and beam attacks of all kinds hit the sea, setting off shocking explosions again and again.
But they could not stop the fleeing mechas from advancing.
In this chase, Schicksal has not gained an advantage for the time being, and the outcome is still uncertain.
"It's confirmed that it's the Titan BT72 type from the Anti-Entropy East Shenzou Sea Base. It's much more agile than the data obtained before."
Amber pressed the side of the golden eye mask, zoomed out the front-line screen, and reported the situation to Otto.
"Titan BT72 type? Cocolia!"
Otto stared coldly at the various screens in the command room and clenched his fists angrily.
"Who gave her the courage? Does she really think that with those so-called Iron Pilot Column and that Ninti, she can provoke me?"
"Lord Otto, Cocolia has always been radical, and she has a criminal record."
"Let's talk about her later. Now, I want to catch up with my Gem of Serenity... Wait, call up the footage when Maki was taken away. I feel something is wrong!" Otto suddenly said.
Amber was stunned for a moment, and then quickly ordered the programmer to call up the footage.
The footage showed the impact at the Sky Island port area.
Maki, in a hurry, rushed to the front line of the port, and the guarding Valkyries came out to stop him.
Then, a silver-white giant hand forcibly shattered the protective shield of the port area, swept away the Valkyries who were blocking, grabbed Maki with a relaxed expression, and then retreated and flew away, soon disappearing from the range of the surveillance.
"Call up Maki's recent video data and let the system make an accurate comparison!"
Otto narrowed his eyes and ordered calmly.
Amber frowned slightly, and suddenly her pupils shrank as she realized something.
A few minutes later, the system gave the comparison result—the face shape match was 89%, but the body shape match was only 46%.
"Hmph! The face shape data is easy to find, but the body shape data is not that simple. Maki has been staying at the headquarters for a long time, and no matter how cunning Cocolia is, she can't calculate how much he has lost weight recently. That Titan mecha is a bait!"
"Lord Otto, I'll..."
"I'll come in person! Check the number of pursuit units that have left the headquarters and reposition them all—as expected, there is a flying unit that is not in the pursuit at all! Get me the satellite images from half an hour before and after the Titan appeared. I want to know where the lost flying unit went!" Otto slapped the operating panel and ordered with a sneer.
Amber immediately began to check the satellite images and finally captured a picture of a fighter plane following the pursuit troops, which suddenly descended and slowed down in the middle, and then flew away in another direction.
"Track its position and arrange the fastest Aesir Mech in the headquarters to pursue it!"
Otto gave the order decisively.
Amber asked hurriedly.
"Should we let the fastest Aesir Mechs and Valkyries in the pursuit force turn together?"
"No! Leave that Titan to me too! Cocolia's plan is not that simple, and it's hard to say which side is feinting!"
Otto didn't know why Cocolia dared to stroke the tiger's whiskers, but he knew that Cocolia must have made sufficient preparations. In a hasty response, no direction should be given up.
Then, he turned his head to look at Amber and asked.
"Is the Herrscher Gem signal capture system ready?"
"It has been online and is being fully activated. It will be put into use in thirty seconds."
"Then tell me, where is my Gem of Serenity? Is it with the Titan, that fleeing fighter, or is it still in the headquarters?"
Amber did not respond, but watched the start-up progress bar of the signal search system. After it was available, she quickly located the direction of the gem signal.
"Found it. The energy reaction appeared in the southeast direction of 180 kilometers, which coincided with the trajectory of the fleeing unit."
"So, Titan BT is a feint?"
Otto rubbed his chin. Although he was furious, his mind had completely calmed down.
After a moment, he narrowed his eyes.
"Amber, do you believe it?"
"Lord Otto, I..."
Amber hesitated for a moment and didn't know how to answer. Everything happened too fast. She was so busy under Otto's orders that she had no time to think about it. But from the previous intelligence analysis of Cocolia, that bold and careful woman did not seem like someone who would act rashly.
"I don't believe it. Execute the destruction order, destroy both sides, and then look for it on the bottom of the sea!"
Otto made a decisive decision.
The Titan who swaggered away with the fake Maki might have done the opposite and actually carried the Gem of Serenity.
The flying unit that escaped in the chaos of the pursuit carried the energy reaction of the Herrscher Gem. Otto suspected it was a bait, but he could not rule out that it was also playing psychological tactics and it was actually the real thing.
But maybe both sides were fake, and the gem was actually still in the headquarters, waiting for the wind to calm down before finding an opportunity to transport it away.
...Or, in fact, the gem had already left the headquarters but went to other routes in a more covert way?
Otto couldn't tell. This had nothing to do with wisdom; it just came too suddenly.
"It seems that this inspection for all branches was a blessing in disguise. The entire Sky Island needs a good cleansing."
Anyway, being able to reach out to the Sky Headquarters, Cocolia's methods must be praised as brilliant. But at the same time, the loosening of the order of the headquarters can also be seen, which meant there are spies.
(Stan & Yae Sakura: "Ah!")
Originally, he had a disregarded attitude towards Durandal's actions, but now it seems that he should pay attention to it. His plan has reached a critical stage near the end. At this time, it is particularly important for the entire Sky Island to be able to be commandeered by him.
Otto thought for a while, then put aside this consideration for the time being, and turned to order Amber:
"Block the headquarters port. Before the matter is over, only entry is allowed to the entire Sky Island, but no exit is allowed. Arrange personnel to search every corner that Maki may have touched. If the gem is still there, be sure to find it for me."
After seeing Amber solemnly salute and accept the order, Otto shook his sleeves and walked out of the command room with his hands behind his back.
The next step is to contact Rita far away in Saint Freya. Otto didn't have much hope of finding the Gem of Serenity through these routes.
But what was certain was that no matter what channel the gem was taken away through, it would eventually go to the East Shenzou Sea Base and be sent to Cocolia's laboratory through her hands.
Therefore, keeping a close eye on everything in the East Shenzou Sea Base was the key.
"Cocolia, you fought the assault very cleverly, but can you handle what's next?"
Otto sneered, ready to upgrade Cocolia from the "interesting" list to his own death list.
...
At the same time, at the East Shenzou Sea Base, the sunset outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the restaurant slowly sank into the sea.
"The way to celebrate~"
"I'll be waiting till we make it~"
Cocolia sat in the afterglow of the sunset, shaking the hot water in the cup, lazily leaning on the soft chair, her beautiful eyes blurred, humming a gentle and gentle tune, elegant and beautiful, like a famous painting exuding an artistic atmosphere.
Chen Tianwu who was invited to the dinner, moved the IV bottle beside her and whispered to Sin next to him.
"Is Lady Cocolia like this usually?"
"Ah, do you think it doesn't sound good or look good?"
"No, no, no, it's very elegant. It is rumored that many people in the base have secretly written love letters to her, and it really makes sense."
"What? There is? They want to be our father? Who are they?"
Sin's careless expression changed, and her narrowed eyes flashed with a fierce light.
Chen Tianwu smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
Single-parent families are like this. Children may have any attitude towards their elders' marriage and love, which is not surprising.
But considering Sin's temper and destructive power, in order to prevent deaths in the base, Chen Tianwu decided to stop the topic and started coughing while holding the mobile infusion stand.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem!"
"Tsk! Stop pretending!"
Sin curled her lips. She was too lazy to watch the love drama between Chen Tianwu and Chen Tianwen, and walked to the side of Cocolia who was humming a song.
"Are you in a good mood? Can you even shake boiled water?"
"...Why am I shaking boiled water instead of red wine? Don't you know?"
"One year older, mom will be thirty soon. It is said that when people reach middle age, they put wolfberries in their thermos cups. I have already taken good care of your face by not putting wolfberries in yours. Red wine? Just keep dreaming!"
Sin crossed her arms, squinted her eyes, and looked down on Cocolia's ignorance.
At this age, she still sits in the office for a long time, works overtime and stays up late every day. If she is not healthy in other aspects, Sin suspects that in a few years, her pleasing single mother will age prematurely.
"Ahem!"
Cocolia was choked, and then her charming filter was broken. She shouted like a naughty child whose dark history was exposed.
"I will always be as young and beautiful as 18 years old. I don't need any wolfberry or beauty treatments!"
"You can just lie to outsiders with this. Why are you trying to show off to your daughter? Don't panic. I have prepared a full set of maintenance plans. I won't let you become a yellow-faced woman with a distorted figure so quickly."
Sin's expression softened, and she stroked Cocolia's head with pity.
Cocolia felt veins on her forehead burst, and her memory of observing Maki was interrupted.
But there was no way. She couldn't bear to hit or scold her beloved daughter. Besides, she was in charge of the meals now, and she felt guilty to scold her.
At the dining table next to him, Chen Tianwu looked at the scene of Cocolia being touched on the head by Sin with a frustrated look on her face, and then looked at Chen Tianwen, Rosalia, Lilia, Ninti and others who looked accustomed to it. He suddenly smiled comfortably.
That's good.
In this way, even if he eventually died in that experiment, Chen Tianwen would have a good ending. He would die without regrets and would not be afraid of being spanked by his parents when he arrived in the other world.
"Dinglingling~~"
Just then, the slightly harsh sound of the communicator echoed in the restaurant.
Cocolia raised her hand and glanced.
"Gray Serpent, your sense of smell is very sensitive!"
But before she could answer it, another communication request was sent to the mobile terminal.
It was a signal from North America, which was undoubtedly a greeting from the three elders of Anti-Entropy.
Cocolia curled her lips. She knew that this new play had finally opened the curtain.
The people who were supposed to play with her began to appear one by one.